Monday, July 4, 2011

Visiting Master's Student

Ashley Heinze is staying at the GMWSRS for the month of July as part of her Master's research. She attends the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, ME. Her supervisor, Sean Todd, is a long time colleague and it is a pleasure to offer the opportunity for this collaboration.

Her thesis is comparing attitudes and knowledge of whale watchers before and after a whale watch, similarities and differences between whale watches in Bar Harbor and Grand Manan, and whale behaviour during whale watches.

Her first three whale watches have been very different, with many more to come. Whales-n-Sails Adventures has graciously offered free trips where room allows, as a whale watch company in Bar Harbor. Any photos that she needs will be provided from my selection taken daily and to be used for photo-identification.

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Laurie is the Executive Director of the Grand Manan Whale & Seabird Research Station and is the coordinator for the Adopt Right Whales program which allows people to symbolically adopt a right whale, mother and calf pair or a family to help protect and promote the recovery of this endangered whale (www.AdoptRightWhales.ca). She also works as a naturalist aboard the Whales-n-Sails Adventures vessel, "Elsie Menota" during the summer (www.whales-n-sails.com) and coordinates the public education program which includes guest lectures, the Gaskin Museum of Marine Life, websites, signage, publications, brochures, etc.